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Margarites helicinus

153Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar5
Apr14
May6
Jun8
Jul32
Aug44
Sep26
Oct14
Nov0
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Orkney Islands Scotland12
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
3Shetland Islands —5
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland5
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
6Highland Scotland2
7Argyll and Bute Scotland2
8Aberdeenshire Scotland1
4 England106 Scotland36 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
153
Peak month
August
Counties with records
8
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
149
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Trochida
Family
Margaritidae
Genus
Margarites
Name with authority
Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774)
Described
1774

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9716348